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CHAPTER VIII
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jaha phaliyamani suddho na saya parinamai rāyamāihin ramgijjadi anmehim du so rattadihim davvehim (278)
यथा स्फटिकमणिः शुद्धो न स्वयं परिणमते रागायः । रज्यतेऽन्यैस्तु स रक्तादिभिर्द्रन्यैः ॥२७८॥ एवं गाणी सुद्धो ण सयं परिणमइ रायमाईहिं ।
राइज्जदि अण्णेहिं दु सो रागादीहिं दोसेहिं ॥२७॥ evam ņāņi suddho na sayam pariņamai rāyamaihim raijjadi annehim du so ragadihim dosehim (279)
एवं ज्ञानी शुद्धो न स्वयं परिणमते रागाद्यैः ।
रज्यतेऽन्यैस्तु स रागादिभिर्दोषैः ॥२७९॥
278-279. As a piece of crystal, itself being pure and colourless, cannot appear red-coloured of its own accord, but in association with another red-coloured object, it appears coloured-red; in the same way the Self, himself being pure cannot have emotional activities such as attachment, etc., of his own accord. But when influenced by alien impurities, he gets tainted by such impure emotions of attachrnents, etc.
It is next pointed out that one who knows the real nature of things realises that the Self, the Knower, is not the cause of the impure psychic states such as attachment, etc.
ण य रायदोसमोहं कुव्वदि गाणी कसायभावं वा ।
सयमप्पणो ण सो तेण कारगो तेसिं भावाणं ॥२८०॥ ņa ya rayadosamoham kuvdadi ņāņi kasāyabhāvath va sayamapparo na so tena kārago tesim bhavanam (280)
न च रागद्वेषमोहं करोति ज्ञानी कषायभावं वा ।
स्वयमेवात्मनो न स तेन कारकस्तेषां भावानाम् ॥२८॥ 280. The Knower does not of his own accord produce in himself attachment, aversion, delusion and such other grosser emotions. Hence he is not the causal agent for those psychic states.
Next it is pointed out that the ego devoid of the knowledge of the reals and immersed in nescience is causally responsible for such impure psychic states.
रागम्हिय दोसम्हिय कसायकम्मेसु चेव जे भावा । तेहिं दु परिणमंतो रागादी बंधदि पुणोवि ॥२८१॥
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